Carp Catchers Blog

Swingers like the Solar Fluoro Butt Bangers and the Matrix Sweepers as with hangers are another popular option for indicator setups, they work in the same way that hangers do except they are attached to your buzz bars via a solid arm instead of a chain or cord. This helps eliminate your indicators swinging in strong winds and giving you false indications. Again with the swingers there are a range of different bodies available as well as the option for add-on weights to help suit the angling situation. You will find it is possible to use the same indicator bodies and buzz bar attachments/hockey sticks and just swop the chains for a swinger arms.

                                                                      Matrix Sweeper

Tight Lines

Dave

We now have the new Shimano Baitrunner XT RA Reels in stock. The range consists of the Shimano Baitrunner 10000 XT RA , the 8000 XT RA  and the 6000 XT RA. The XT RA’s are a really nice carpy metallic forest green and have been brought in to supercede the Shimano Baitrunner Aero GTE reels. They feature an XT-7 body and rotor, zinc die cast gear and Varispeed plus cold forged aluminium main and spare spools. For more information or to purchase please visit the main site through the above links.

Best fishes,

John

After deciding to change waters for the coming winter and due to busy banks I’ve had a little bit of a confidence boost. On my first weekend session from late friday evening to early monday morning I had a bit of a result in the shape of 6 mirror and common carp to 21lb15oz. After turning up in the dark at 8.30 friday evening I opted for the north bank as I had been told it was free of any other anglers. After watching the water for nearly 2 hours I decided to fish up the dam end in the the deeper water or what was left of it anyway as this is where I’d seen the carp showing the most . The reservoir serves the purpose of topping up the Grand Union canal so the water levels can get quite low at times.

During my session I banked 6 carp to 21lb 15oz from 3 different spots using  Baitcraft T1  boilies over a spread of bait which included a spod mix of hemp, Solar Pure Bait BYT and crushed T1s over one of my rods. Most of the bites came during the hours of darkness which meant I had to have all my spots marked up to get them back on the spots in the darkness.

The rigs I used consisted of 15lb Korda IQ2 tied to 2 inches of stripped Sufix Stiff Silt with a size 6 Korda Wide Gape Hook, a small piece of shrink tubing over the eye and tied blowback style.

Tight Lines

Dave

(I should have turned my head torch off for the night time shots, but had forgotten while sorting the self takes. Luckily they didn’t turn out too bad.)

For you carp anglers who fish through the winter we have the new Baitcraft Snowball  and Super Tutti Freezer Boilies in stock. These baits are dedicated winter baits, that will work year round. We also have the Attractor Pellets  and Pop Ups  to match. For more information click on the above links to go to the main site. There will be a lot of new product information in coming Carp Catchers Blogs as we have loads of new stuff.

Best fishes,

John

Here’s a couple of nice mirror carp I had on a recent session. They weighed 19lb and 23lb 2oz respectively and were tempted from holes in the weed by Mainline Activ-8 boilies. I used a D Rig tied with 30lb GLT No Can See Fluorocarbon  and a size 6 Gardner Longshank Incizor  hook. I was able to land both fish from the bank in what is an extremely weedy swim by dropping the lead on the take using PVA’d Ace Lead Clips .

Best fishes,

John

We have a couple of exciting new products in the Skarp Bait Boat  and the  JRC Carbon Banksticks and  Carbon Buzz Bar .

The Skarp Bait Boat has a range of 400-600m and has a unique feature in that should the boat lose the receiver signal, it will turn around till it picks it up again. It has a 2.2kg bait capacity and is silicone sealed to ensure it is 100% waterproof. For more information or to purchase please follow the above link to the main site.

The JRC Carbon Bankstick & Carbon Buzz Bars are ultra, ultra lightweight and feature a camlock system. They are made from carbon fiber and have a pinned aluminium worm point. These look way cool!! For more information or to purchase please follow the above link to the main site.

Best fishes,

John

Martin Deathridge has been at it again catching this nice 34lb 5oz common carp from the Bluebell lakes complex. Martin used 18mm  Mainline Cell Freezer Boilies at 120yrds range to tempt his fine catch. The rig Martin used was tied KD style with Korda Hybrid Soft  to a size 6 ESP Curve Shanx . The hookbait was a snowman with a Mainline Cell bottom bait and a 10mm pineapple Mainline Hi Visual pop up. Well done, keep them coming. If  you want to know how to tie the KD Rig see previous blog.

Best fishes,

John